The Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE) significantly improves
the voting rights for military/overseas voters. Provisions of this Act include ballots
to be sent out 45 days before an election, transmission of blank ballots electronically
and the acceptance of the Federal write-in ballot for all federal elections.

Illinois Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE)
The
MOVE site will enable you to set up a MOVE account to register
to vote and to request a vote by mail ballot for upcoming Federal Elections. This site was
designed to help ease the burden of members of the Uniformed Services (and their
eligible dependents) and overseas voters in requesting a voter registration and
a vote by mail ballot application. This site will give you the ability to keep in contact
with your local election official and to track the status of your application and
ballot.NASS Summary of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE
Act)